RDA Aeolus v2 Pro by Synthetic Cloud

[Mr.Mann]

Yea the thread title is confusing, there is no mini, there is only the v2 Pro and the old v1. I have the v2. Sits flush on all my mods, barrel is reverse threaded, doesn't come loose, it has an oring as well as the threading, it's not just threading.

I put a parenthetical in the title becasue I'd seen others (before the atty was released) calling it the "mini" (likley after just seeing images) and my intention was to show that was a name it had begun being called. Sorry to add to the confusion that had preciously existed. It will be changed (hopefully)...

Anyway, I have come to love the draw on this thing but the reverse threading and the gap from the top cap and the base just irks the mess out of me. This is not how ANY RDA should look on a mod, let alone one that's supposed to be the cat's meow. I would gripe about this on a $20 atty. I don't buy OG attys to receive "clone" issues.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Did you tighten the deck to your mod first? If the deck wasn't reverse threaded the barrel would come off whenever you tried to remove the atty and vice versa. I'm honestly baffled by people not liking the threading. I think it's a great idea and it works great for me. The top cap on the other hand.. sigh I took it too work today and it just comes off way too easy. I was constantly digging around the bottom of my pocket trying to find the thing because it kept falling off.. Kind of defeats the purpose of the threaded deck.

Heres a vid on how to use the threading though:


P.S. If you get the dotmod DT make sure to get the friction fit, thats the one I have and has plenty of room to drip through. I doubt the oring ones have a wide enough bore to drip through.

You are baffled by people not liking the threading when 9+ out of 10 other RDAs don't use it and most have no problems being screwed on or off the mod -- and in one direction? Well, I guess I am baffled too, but that this doesn't irk everyone. But this is totally unnecessary for the desired effect! Sure, maybe it was necessary for how they designed the deck, but IMO that is one design issue to solve another. And if they made their tolerances tight enough, they could take a page out of the book of VLS and what was done with The Vector: top cap and base locks into place when screwing or unscrewing and you can drip above the well becasue the top cap is fitted so nicely that it won't leak.

I just watched the video on how to get the top cap flush, but it isn't working on mine...that much. It did work some, but it's still not flush. And yes, I totally agree with you about the AFC cap being far too loose and adjusting the airflow is just, well, I don't even bother.

But hey, I guess just like RDAs, we all have greater or lesser tolerances for certain things. So none of that may bother anyone else. Vape on. Vape well. [HASHTAG]#Dowhatchalike[/HASHTAG]

 

[Mr.Mann]

I didn't, that was a bit poorly worded I guess. I meant that since I bought this version I'm sure that Syntheticloud will announce an updated version soon and I'll end up screwed. That's my luck.

Wish they could all be like Hoberto, ey? LOL.

 

[bluehaze013]

Yea, that's understandable, i'd probably be upset too if I had a gap, it fits all of my mods flush though so i've had a different experience. Same with the threading it works perfectly for me, I thought I wasn't going to like it at first but it makes building on the deck so easy without a juice well and no worries of the thing coming off in my pocket. Pretty much every atty I own has come apart pulling it out of my pocket at some point in time because I tend to pull my mods out by grabbing the atty. It also is nice because it prevents the cap from spinning on the orings when trying to remove the atty from the mod (something all my atty's do lol)

I really wonder if they didn't change something somewhere along the line in the manufacturing and just shipped out defective atty's in the first batch because our experiences with it are so different. I wouldn't put it past Syntheticloud, they did say they had to make some last minute adjustments to it which delayed shipping.

I see you have the stainless, is the top cap the same finish as the barrel or is it polished? It's hard to tell from the pictures, thinking about picking up a stainless one, I like that look like the tugboats with the polished cap and brushed barrels.

 

[MrNobody]

I'm done with this atty. Figured I would give it another chance and test it on a mechmod (Praxis v3 kamillion edition). I put it on and it started autofiring, guess because the pin is so long it caused it (used other attys and never had that issue). Lucky I was able to stop it and get the atty off before something went down, gave me a good scare. If this atty didn't look so nice it would be in the trash.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Yea, that's understandable, i'd probably be upset too if I had a gap, it fits all of my mods flush though so i've had a different experience. Same with the threading it works perfectly for me, I thought I wasn't going to like it at first but it makes building on the deck so easy without a juice well and no worries of the thing coming off in my pocket. Pretty much every atty I own has come apart pulling it out of my pocket at some point in time because I tend to pull my mods out by grabbing the atty. It also is nice because it prevents the cap from spinning on the orings when trying to remove the atty from the mod (something all my atty's do lol)

I really wonder if they didn't change something somewhere along the line in the manufacturing and just shipped out defective atty's in the first batch because our experiences with it are so different. I wouldn't put it past Syntheticloud, they did say they had to make some last minute adjustments to it which delayed shipping.

I see you have the stainless, is the top cap the same finish as the barrel or is it polished? It's hard to tell from the pictures, thinking about picking up a stainless one, I like that look like the tugboats with the polished cap and brushed barrels.

Top cap the same finish as the barrel? Nope. Top cap is polished and barrel is brushed. Sweet.

 

[jhhollier]

I used the atty a bit more last night and today and the flavor is better than I initially gave it credit for. I still absolutely do not like the reverse threaded barrel but as long as I'm super careful I can snug it down on my mod and not have the barrel come off. It's not going to take a spot in my top 3 favorite attys anytime soon but it's a keeper.

 

[cheesestain]

I have a black one and everything is good except I feel the hole for the drip tip is a touch too big. Also had to replace the o-ring on the top cap cuz it was too loose.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Not sure if anyone else has done this but I took the o-ring off (tip from SC) and now the barrel sits flush. It shouldn't leak, but not too sure yet.

 

[jhhollier]

Let us know how that works out, Mr.Mann

 

[Mr.Mann]

Let us know how that works out, Mr.Mann

Will do, soon. As of now I am just happy to see that stupid gap gone! And this is not about it sitting flush on my mod, it's about the atty sitting flush on itself! Sheesh. LOL

I mean, is it too much for us vapers to expect clean lines?

 

[jhhollier]

It sits flush on my M Class but not on my S Class. I prefer my attys to sit flush as well but its not enough to be a deal breaker for me. I'm hoping you don't get any leaking from removing the o-ring cause I think it will make life a lot easier.

 

[bluehaze013]

I wonder if theres something different about the stainless and gold version as opposed to the black one, cheesestain says his black is good as well. I'm probably going to pickup a stainless from Vaporshark tomorrow if they still have any, I hope it's not a dud though lol

 

[jhhollier]

Blue - its possible. I went with the gold cause I wanted a different look. I got tired of having all SS attys so I get anything else now. Green would be my preference but there aren't many companies that make green attys.

 

[bluehaze013]

Lol I'm the opposite I always buy black or colors, I have black, blue, green etc but I don't have any stainless attys anymore.

 

[Mr.Mann]

No leaking after removing the o-ring from the base.

 

[bluehaze013]

Nice, I hope that works out for you! They were sold out of the stainless versions at the Vaporsharks near me so didn't get a chance to try one and I ended up ordering a GrimmArmy edition hex ohm for whatever reason (The thing just looks so cool I couldn't resist lol) so I doubt I'll end up getting one anytime soon. I was kinda drooling over a v1 Aeolus black edition for 75 bucks though that thing looks amazing with the flat black barrel and nickel black top cap and heatsink. It's probably the coolest looking atty i've ever seen, I might still end up going back and buying it but i'm trying my best to resist lol

 

[cheesestain]

No leaking after removing the o-ring from the base.

Mine leaked a bit today and that's with the o-ring. Hope it was a one off. It was the first time it happened. Unscrewed the Aeolus and saw a bunch of liquid near the 510.

 

[Mr.Mann]

Mine leaked a bit today and that's with the o-ring. Hope it was a one off. It was the first time it happened. Unscrewed the Aeolus and saw a bunch of liquid near the 510.

That's no bueno!

Have you, @cheesestain or anyone here (I wish I could tag everyone) had any problems before with so-called thread locking? I had one atomizer a few years ago get stuck on some threads, but it hasn't happened since. And that was on a mech top cap. I ask this becasue that is the reason SC stated they made the reverse threading of the deck/barrel. I just can't get over how irritating this is to me. The biggest problem is that when you take the atty off the mod and try and put it on another, it will not tighten due to any resistance felt by the barrel going opposite the direction of its threads. It just unscrews itself. So if your atty is already built and wicked, you are going to have to (basically) hold the posts to tighten it down and risk messing up your build and/or getting juice all over your hands. Holding the thread is not all that possible for me to get good torque, and I don't even have big hands.

The reverse threading on the barrel seems to me to be a solution to a non-existent problem that in turn caused a new one.

 

[bluehaze013]

@cheesestain did you try tightening the screws on the deck? They recommend tightening them when you get the atty, mine seemed to be tight already though so I dunno.

@Mr.Mann I have, it happens all the time to my regular (non threaded) RDA's they somehow always end up super tight and the topcap/barrels just spin on the orings so I can't unscrew them without removing the topcap and using the posts on the deck for leverage.